Foundation Agreement

Annex III, Attachment 11,
Law 47

Short title

1. This Law may
be cited as the Federal Law on the Maritime Areas of Cyprus.

Interpretation

2. (1) In this
Law, unless the context otherwise requires

"competent authority" means the Member of the
Presidential Council heading the Departmenthaving the responsibility for maritime affairs;

"contiguous zone" hasthe meaning assigned to it in the Convention.

"Convention" means the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea done at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982;

"Cyprus" means the United Cyprus Republic;

"exclusive economic zone (EEZ)" hasthe meaning assigned to it in the Convention;

"Gazette" means the federal official Gazette;

"mile" means an international nautical mile of1,852 metres:

"territorial sea" means that part of the sea
adjacent to the coast of Cyprus;

"ship" includes every descriptionof vesselused in navigation
not propelledby oars.

(2) Terms not otherwise defined in this section shall be construed in accordance
with the Convention, and in the case of any conflict between this Law and the
Convention, the Convention shall prevail.

Breadth of the territorial sea

3. The territorial sea
extends within a limit of twelve miles of the coast of Cyprus, measured from the
straight base lines joining appropriate points.

Passage of ships carrying dangerous substances

4.
Passage through the territorial sea of warships or nuclear powered ships or
ships carrying nuclear or other inherently dangerous or noxious substances shall
be subject to the prior notification to the competent authority and consent by
such authority.

Establishment and Limit of the contiguous zone

5. Upon the proposal of the competent authority, the Federal Parliament
may, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 25 of the Constitution
of Cyprus, adopt a law for the establishment of a contiguous zone extending to a
limit up to 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the territorial sea
is measured.

Establishment and limits of exclusive economic zone

6.Upon the
proposal of the competent authority, the Federal Parliament may, in accordance
with the procedure set out in Article 25 of the Constitution of Cyprus, adopt a
law for the establishment of an exclusive economic zone.

Regulations

7. The Presidential Council may make Regulations to
be published in the Gazette for the better carrying out of the provisions of
this Law.